Ball State suffers road loss to Evansville
By Dakota Crawford / November 20, 2013In a losing effort to University of Evansville, the Ball State women’s basketball team fell to 0-3 on the 2013 season.
In a losing effort to University of Evansville, the Ball State women’s basketball team fell to 0-3 on the 2013 season.
Jahwan Edwards tries to plan at least four trips home to Matthews, N.C., during the school year. But as life goes, the Ball State junior running back had to make an unexpected visit home.
No freshman on Ball State’s roster has any plans of being a one-and-done to the NBA, but collectively, the youth has made an instant impact for the Cardinals. Outside of starting point guard Zavier Turner, nobody really knew what to expect from the new faces on Ball State’s roster.
As Ball State beat Southeast Missouri 87-83 Monday, seniors Chris Bond and Jesse Berry achieved new personal bests as they led their team to a 2-1 record on the year. Bond, who was last year’s Mid-American Conference leader in steals, scored a career-high 20 points, grabbed three rebounds and handed out an assist and as he carried his team to victory. “I was just playing throughout our offense, trying to stay in attack mode and crashing the offensive boards,” Bond said about his performance.
This men’s basketball team will go as far as the seniors carry it, head coach James Whitford has said.
When news broke of a possible armed assailant Friday evening, the Ball State women’s basketball team was at practice inside Worthen Arena. “A couple policemen came out and said, ‘Coach, you need to get your team in the locker room and lock the doors,’” head coach Brady Sallee said.
Yet again Ball State turnovers cost a victory. Every player on the team but freshmen Jill Morrison and Haley Richardson committed at least one turnover in Ball State’s 63-58 loss to Pittsburgh. “It’s just been turnovers,” junior guard Brittany Carter said.
They were big, physical and at the end of the first half, in control. Atlantic Conference Coast opponent Pittsburgh held the Ball State women’s basketball team to 26 points in the first period.
The excitement of raising a banner won’t make up for another tough loss. The Ball State women’s basketball team opened its season in defeat on Sunday with a 57–63 loss at Purdue.
Four freshmen played a key role in Ball State’s 73-53 win over Taylor University. Freshman Zavier Turner was dubbed the player of the game, nabbing 17 points, four assists and three steals in 29 minutes of work. “I just take what the defense gives me,” Turner said.
Veggie pizza and a late night film session. A pedestrian night, and hardly the celebration one would expect from a someone after winning his first game as a head coach.
Wanting a tougher non-conference schedule, Ball State women’s basketball head coach Brady Sallee got that when his team opened the season on the road against Purdue University. The team fell short on Sunday with a final score of 57-63.
Ball State traveled to Terre Haute, Ind., where they dropped their first game of the 2013-14 regular season to rival Indiana State University.
The overused sports cliché “moral victory” garners eye rolls and is usually a cop-out for a losing team.
The overused sports cliché “moral victory” garners eye rolls and is usually a cop-out for a losing team.
The Ball State men’s basketball team starts its 2013-14 campaign with new direction and leadership.
Over the past few years, the Ball State men’s basketball team has not been as successful as desired.
For the past three years, at least one thing was true for the Ball State men’s basketball team: Jesse Berry could score.
Ball State women’s basketball coach Brady Sallee said he thinks the 2013-14 team has all the key pieces and sees a world of potential heading into this season.
Layout was not the only new aspect of the Fan Jam 2013 in Worthen Arena. In previous years, fans were able to remain on the court and interact with the men’s and women’s basketball teams as they shot around.
